<< Our Photo Pages >> Hart Tor North ring cairn - Ring Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hart Tor North ring cairn Alternative Name: Grinsell Walkhampton 10; Turner E5; Devil's ElbowCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Village: Princetown
Map Ref: SX5819872694
Latitude: 50.536782N Longitude: 4.002366W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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A central hollow measuring up to 0.30m deep may represent the site of a cist recorded by Samuel Rowe in 1848. Spreads of material lying to the north and south west of the central area probably represent spoil thrown clear when the cairn was investigated.
[Rowe, S., 1896, A Perambulation of the Antient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor]
Update September 2019: This cairn circle is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Devil's Elbow Platform Cairn Circle.
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440211, which adds that this Bronze Age cairn has been robbed almost to ground level. The Devon & Dartmoor HER also includes a record: http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MDV14310&resourceID=104 ">MDV14310 (Ring cairn 220m SSE of Devil's Bridge).
It is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1011181 Ring cairn 220m SSE of Devil's Bridge), which tells us the ring cairn is "situated on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Meavy".
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1.3km SW 222° Black Tor Outcrop* Rock Outcrop (SX57337177)
1.3km SSW 203° Raddick Hill North* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX57657147)
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2.3km S 174° Crazy Well Cross* Ancient Cross (SX58387039)
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2.5km SSW 195° Raddick Lane Cairn* Cairn (SX57507029)
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